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SATA Hard Drive Configurations (nForce series)

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Step 3:
If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 17 below
will appear.  Use the ARROW keys to select 

NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER* 

(Figure  17) and press

ENTER. Later, when a screen similar to Figure 18 appears, you must press S to select additional driver.
The screen will return to previous  screen as  shown  in Figure  17. Select 

NVIDIA NForce Storage

Controller

 and press ENTER, and then it will begin to load the SATA driver from the floppy disk.

Figure 17

"*"

If you want to create RAID, select both 

NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER

 and then 

NVIDIA

NForce Storage Controller

.

      If you do not create RAID, select 

NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller

 only.

Figure 18

Windows Setup

S=Specify Additional Device Enter=Continue   F3=Exit

    Setup will load support for the following mass storage device(s):

    NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER

   * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special

 disk  controllers for use with Windows, including those for
 which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device
 manufacturer, press S.

   * If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage

 device manufacturer, or do not want to specify additional
 mass storage devices for use with Windows, press ENTER.

Windows Setup

 ENTER=Select   F3=Exit

        You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with Windows,
         using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer.

         Select the SCSI Adapter you want from the following list, or press ESC
         to return to the previous screen.

NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER
NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller

If a message appears saying one or some file(s) cannot be found, please check the floppy disk
or copy the correct SATA driver again from the motherboard driver CD.

Summary of Contents for nForce Series

Page 1: ...1 Installing SATA hard drive s in your computer 2 2 Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup 3 3 Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS 5 4 Making a SATA controller driver disk 8 5...

Page 2: ...es to ensure optimal performance it is recommended that you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity If you do not want to create RAID with the SATA controller you may prepare only one ha...

Page 3: ...bled USB Mouse Support Disabled Serial ATA 2 Internal PHY Enabled AC97 Audio Auto On Chip LAN nVIDIA Auto Onboard Serial ATA Enabled Serial ATA Function RAID Onboard 1394 Enabled Onboard LAN Control E...

Page 4: ...or i to select a device then press to move it up or to move it down the list Press ESC to exit this menu Step 3 Set First Boot Device under the Advanced BIOS Features menu to CDROM to boot from CD RO...

Page 5: ...M od el N am e 1 0 M S T3120026A S 1 1 M S T3120026A S A rra y D isks L o c Disk M od el N am e g Add f D el F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate h i Select ENTER Popup Step 2 The Define a New Array screen...

Page 6: ...inish TAB Navigate h i Select ENTER Popup 1 0 M S T3120026A S 1 1 M S T3120026A S Figure 7 Step 5 Next select the hard drives which you wish to be included in the disk array The Free Disks section dis...

Page 7: ...Set Boot N New Array ENTER Detail Boot I d S ta tu s Ve n d o r A rra y M o d e l N a m e BBS 2 H e a l t h y NV I D I A MIR ROR 111 79G A rra y 2 NV ID IA MIR RO R 111 79G Arra y D e t a il RA ID Mo...

Page 8: ...the Windows setup process First of all you need to copy the driver for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver CD to a floppy disk The instructions below explain how to copy the driver Step 1...

Page 9: ...ss F to select F nVIDIA Series ATA 2K if you want to install Windows 2000 Then it will take about one minute to copy the SATA driver from the motherboard driver CD to the floppy disk Step 6 Press 0 to...

Page 10: ...files being loaded before you see the next screen Figure 16 Windows Setup S Specify Additional Device ENTER Continue F3 Exit Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage devices ins...

Page 11: ...ter Continue F3 Exit Setup will load support for the following mass storage device s NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER To specify additional SCSI adapters CD ROM drives or special disk controllers for use with...

Page 12: ...upport disk from a mass storage device manufacturer press S If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer or do not want to specify additional mass storage device...

Page 13: ...Integrated Peripherals IDE Function Setup Press Enter RAID Config Press Enter OnChip USB V1 1 V2 0 USB Keyboard Support Disabled USB Mouse Support Disabled AC97 Audio Auto Onboard H W LAN Enabled Onb...

Page 14: ...the Free Disks section with the TAB key Select the desired disk and use the RIGHT ARROW key to add it to Array Disks menu Figure 23 Step 4 After all the settings press F7 to complete the configuratio...

Page 15: ...are prompted to select the desired Free Disk s to add to the bootable RAID array Press Finish then NVRAID will start converting the single disk RAID array into a multi disk RAID array in a bootable fo...

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